Members of the 1908 Cincinnati Reds with the team’s business manager, Frank Bancroft (standing, center), traveling in Cuba for a series of exhibition games with Cuban teams. The Reds were one of the first National League teams to play in Cuba. During a 1908 exhibition tour of the island, the Reds were sometimes outmatched by the local talent, and the rest of the baseball world took notice. Over the last century of baseball, the team has had consistent luck developing some of the major league’s biggest Cuban stars.